Spaceball fans of the nation, welcome to the All-Star Games.

This is Bob Elton of station WGN, Chicago, speaking to you from Crosley Field in Cincinnati,

where this afternoon the mutual broadcasting system and associated stations are very happy to bring you a running story of the sixth annual All-Star Games.

I'm going to tell you for just a minute, there's something about the picture here, and then I'm going to tell you for just a minute.

There's something about the picture here, and then I'm going to turn you over to Dick Gray of our mutual outlet here in Cincinnati, radio station W-S-A-I, who's familiar with Redland Field or Cawley Field here in Cincinnati.

To give you a picture of this wonderful setting we have before us this afternoon, the two things that I want to tell you is first that it's a glorious day. It's a bright, sunshiny day. It's one of the nicest days that I've ever seen for an all-style game. Last year in Washington, we had a beautiful day that it was awfully, awfully hot. For today the temperature is just about right, and at the grand setting, we have a wonderful crowd, as you can imagine. And I will tell you that the starting pitchers are going to be Van de Merr for the National League, and Gomez, the left-hander for the American League. You know, the American League sort of feels that Gomez is a lucky omen for them. He started four games, and four games they've won. I told this afternoon there's going to be lefty Gomez McCarthy's plan from New York. It's going to be pitted against these national leaguers in this sixth annual all-star game. It's just about 14 minutes before game time now. The pitchers have started to warm up. I might tell you, too, that our mutual broadcasting booth is in a wonderful spot up here, high up above on top of the stands, just a little bit to the first base side of home plate. And Dick and I will be in a grand spot here this afternoon to tell you every play and every trim in the ballgame for the sixth annual all-star game. The American leaders are getting their workout now, and the crowd is thrilled, watching the boys hit that ball to the fence, the

national leaguers and the American leaguers for the last hour, and they were out here already to watch the batting practice, and there were many, many cheers as the boys on both sides hit him high and wide over the wall and into the right field breaches. It's a grand setting for what should be a wonderful game, and I hope that you'll all be with us to follow every single play in this ball game as we bring it to you this afternoon from Cincinnati.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to introduce the gentleman who I have the pleasure of being associated with on this ritual broadcasting broadcast this afternoon of this all-star game.

Dick Flay of Cincinnati, a radio station W-S-A-I. He was very enthusiastic about these Cincinnati. He's from Cincinnati. He can give you a small story on this beautiful ballpark this afternoon and, of course, the history of the game and a lot of other things that he wants to talk to you about. So, here's Dick Bray talking to you from Redland Field in Cincinnati. Thank you, and I'd like to say for myself,

I'm more than glad to be with you two this afternoon on this mutual hookup.

And thanks for the kind things you have to say about our ballpark here at Cincinnati.

First of all, a bit about the record of this All-Star game.

The first All-Star game was played in Chicago in 1933.

That afternoon, the American League won by a score of four to two.

The National League is one, but one, of the five All-Star games that have been played so far.

It was at Toulston in 1936, and the score that afternoon was four to three.

The 1933 game was played in Chicago. In 1934,

the teams met at New York. In 1935, Cleveland was having a big time up there, and they were the whole city for the All-Star Games. Boston had the game in 1936, and as you well remember, Washington was the honor city last year.

There's never been a sellout, they say, for an all-star game,

but the Cincinnati ball club received more than 150,000 pieces of mail asking for all-star tickets.

Now, when you consider that each letter a card as for more

than one ticket, you can figure for yourself just how many fans wanted to see this ballgame

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